Re spider drive shaft

["Ed & Marsha Prytherch" <mred2u@domain.elided>]

Thanks to all five of you who offered me advice.

I got it off with a gear puller and a hammer, no heat.

I left the nut on, but loose as advised.

I loaded up the gear puller using a 1/2" drive T-bar and 12" tube extensions
on each side.
I then lay the shaft on the garage floor. I braced the spider against a
structural post and I whacked the back side of the flange with a 4 lb hammer
and a steel bolt as a drift. It popped apart at the second strike.

Now, I hope that the support bearing is a bit easier to get off.

Ed Prytherch
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